Jan 22, 2021, 4:50 pm
Last edit by: Enigma368
Modified COVID-19 catering, effective 20 January 2021 until further notice.
Previous discussion: COVID Friendly Catering Revealed By British Airways
A reduced service has resumed in all cabins, including steel cutlery, glassware and chinaware in premium cabins. Choice may be limited in some cabins and on some routes. Some elements may be delivered covered for safety. All meals apart from First are served on single trays. Portion sizes, particularly in Club World, have been significantly reduced compared to pre-Covid.
On BA CityFlyer full service has resumed, with the exception of hot towels and warmed bread in Club Europe. See dedicated wiki thread for full details.
Details of the current service are available on BA.com
Changes from pre-COVID service:
Euro Traveller
Previous discussion: COVID Friendly Catering Revealed By British Airways
A reduced service has resumed in all cabins, including steel cutlery, glassware and chinaware in premium cabins. Choice may be limited in some cabins and on some routes. Some elements may be delivered covered for safety. All meals apart from First are served on single trays. Portion sizes, particularly in Club World, have been significantly reduced compared to pre-Covid.
On BA CityFlyer full service has resumed, with the exception of hot towels and warmed bread in Club Europe. See dedicated wiki thread for full details.
Details of the current service are available on BA.com
Changes from pre-COVID service:
Euro Traveller
- Buy-on-board M&S menu replaced with pre-order Tom Kerridge menu
- Complimentary bottle of water and packaged ambient snack offered to all passengers
- Band 1 now receives the same service as Express (light breakfast > brunch > lunch > afternoon tea > dinner)
- Band 2 now receives the same service as Bands 3 and 4 (breakfast > rest of the day)
- Band 3 should still have a drinks run before serving lunch and dinner
- No hot towels
- No menus on Band 3 / Band 4 services
- Dessert served in ceramic dish rather than plastic pot
- No starter for Express / Band 1 lunch and dinner services
- No cheese for Band 3 / Band 4 rest of the day services
- One fewer sandwich for afternoon tea services
- One type of (warm) bread roll available, wrapped in sealed plastic, served from a basket
- No roll/butter served with main meal, cheese and crackers also not provided
- Inflight snack (previously took the form of a Magnum ice cream) and tuck box suspended - replaced with Walkers shortbread o/r from galley.
- TBC
- No hot towels
- Meals served on one tray at the same time
- No choice of starter or dessert
- Portion sizes have been substantially reduced. Starters, cheese and dessert are all served in mini ramekins
- No hot towels
Modified COVID-19 catering, effective 20 January 2021
May 9, 2021, 2:58 pm
#181
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL / GfL
Posts: 3,265
Having done GLA / EDI and INV recently - all morning LHR departures are currently offering the following on the same tray:
1) Hot Ham and Cheese or Cheese & Tomato Croissant
2) Fruit Cup
3) Yogurt Bowl
With usual tea / coffee / OJ drink offerings
Pilot37
1) Hot Ham and Cheese or Cheese & Tomato Croissant
2) Fruit Cup
3) Yogurt Bowl
With usual tea / coffee / OJ drink offerings
Pilot37
May 10, 2021, 1:45 am
#182
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 217
Great choice if you don't like cheese!
May 11, 2021, 10:45 am
#183
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Newcastle/London & Worldwide
Programs: BAEC Gold, Virgin Flying Club Silver
Posts: 818
QQ - first flight in Y coming up since the revised buy on board offer - searching the flight number the ordering website shows the flight operating from Gatwick - assuming this won’t be an issue and our order should be delivered as normal on the LHR flight ?
May 11, 2021, 2:09 pm
#184
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 3,061
It’ll be based on flight number rather than route, so yes you’ll be fine. Nice to know Tourvest are as useless at keeping their website up-to-date as BA though.
May 11, 2021, 2:18 pm
#185
Join Date: Mar 2021
Posts: 29
What’s the situation with drinks service in Y on long haul routes? I’ve got a flight to MEX on the 19th and I’d usually pass the 11 hours with a few G&T’s or beers. To save annoying the crew by pressing the call button i would usually just wander back to the galley every so often and grab a couple but in these times is that frowned on? Do I press the call button or do I have to wait for the usual meal service?
May 11, 2021, 2:35 pm
#186
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 3,061
You can - as always - press the call bell. But it’s also perfectly ok to pop your head in and ask for a top up - now the Jumbos are gone the lavs are (effectively) in the galley anyway so it’d be almost impossible to enforce segregation even if they wanted to.
May 17, 2021, 5:51 am
#190
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Location: Leeds, UK
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May 18, 2021, 2:13 am
#192
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NCL-LHR, 16:30 hrs service, so Afternoon Tea, not a special, one of the two choices on open selection. The other was something vegetarian, so I switched off memorising the details.
Prawn cocktail, Coronation Chicken sandwiches. The scones are warm. By being wrapped they are somewhat softer on the exterior compared to the unwrapped previous offering. The tea serving was ungenerous, but I was able to get a couple more cups in on a particularly short flight.
Prawn cocktail, Coronation Chicken sandwiches. The scones are warm. By being wrapped they are somewhat softer on the exterior compared to the unwrapped previous offering. The tea serving was ungenerous, but I was able to get a couple more cups in on a particularly short flight.
May 18, 2021, 2:52 am
#193
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: York, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold, Honors Diamond
Posts: 1,184
NCL-LHR, 16:30 hrs service, so Afternoon Tea, not a special, one of the two choices on open selection. The other was something vegetarian, so I switched off memorising the details.
Prawn cocktail, Coronation Chicken sandwiches. The scones are warm. By being wrapped they are somewhat softer on the exterior compared to the unwrapped previous offering. The tea serving was ungenerous, but I was able to get a couple more cups in on a particularly short flight.
Prawn cocktail, Coronation Chicken sandwiches. The scones are warm. By being wrapped they are somewhat softer on the exterior compared to the unwrapped previous offering. The tea serving was ungenerous, but I was able to get a couple more cups in on a particularly short flight.
I think I had 3 bottles of champagne to accompany it, but honestly I can't remember if it was 2 or 3
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May 18, 2021, 2:53 am
#194
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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